Serious traffic accidents in Somerville were down in Somerville in 2012, according to data from Somerville Police. Police Chief Tom Pasquarello announced on Wednesday that serious accidents were reduced by 23.8 percent in 2012. Pasquarello links the reduction in accidents to the efforts of Somerville police. “There appears to be…
State Police have apprehended the truck driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on Tuesday night in Webster, MA. “The truck’s operator is a 44-year-old Dracut man, who was interviewed by field troopers and State Police detectives assigned to the Worcester District Attorney’s Office early this morning,” said a spokesman…
A motor vehicle struck two pedestrians Wednesday night in Malden, MA. One of the pedestrians, a 50-year-old woman, died in the collision, Malden police said. Authorities have not released her name. The car also struck a 45-year-old man, resulting in his transportation to a local hospital for treatment. Authorities did…
An Ipswich woman has died after being involved in a two-car collision in Gloucester, MA on Saturday night, accord to Chief Leonard Campanello. Mary Lipman, 52, was transported from the scene of the accident to Addison Gilbert Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m. Rebecca Jacques, 52 of…
A MA judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed against the Kraft Group and other companies affiliated with Gillette Stadium. The lawsuit is the result of a crash that killed Debra Davis, 20 of Milton and Alexa Latteo, 19 of Mansfield, and injured 24-year-old Nina Houlihan. The three women were…
Quincy, MA officials are responding to a slew of pedestrian accidents in the city this year. “Something is happening here; something is going on in the City of Quincy that is leading to fatalities,” said Brian Palmucci, City Councilor and chairman of the public safety committee, at Monday night’s council…
Newton Police have identified and cited the driver who allegedly hit an elderly pedestrian in Newton Centre, MA and fled the scene without stopping. The driver, a 26-year-old Newton woman, received a citation for leaving the scene of an accident after causing personal injury, said Newton Police Lt. Bruce Apotheker.…
As Thanksgiving weekend comes to an end, so does one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, and New England roadways return to business as usual. An estimated 1.7 million people took to the roads in New England the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the days following the holiday proved…
For the first time in American history, women drivers now exceed the amount of licensed drivers in the United States over men. The news came after a study by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute, which viewed gender trends in drivers licenses between 1995 and 2010, released its results.…
Drivers in the Bay State, still recovered from last week’s hurricane, endured a strong Nor’easter that wreaked havoc on the roads, resulting in flooded and icy conditions. The storm left a total of nine inches of snow in Massachusetts, although many places received a mixture of rain and snow. It…